The Skeptic's Oakeshott

ISBN-13: 9781349422869 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 220 str.

S. Gerencser

Opis

The Skeptic's Oakeshott poses the thesis that Michael Oakeshott's political philosophy is best understood from the vantage point of his skepticism and his intellectual affinity to Hobbes, whose work he commented on extensively.

Spis treści

Introduction: The Skeptic's Oakeshott The Idealist's Oakeshott Skepticism in Conversation Oakeshott's Idealist Political Thought Mister Oakeshott's Hobbes Mister Hobbes' Oakeshott Civil Association, Politics, and Authority Oakeshott, Dissent, and Democracy Bibliography Notes Index

O autorze

STEVEN ANTHONY GERENCSER is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, South Bend.